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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: Bot Lab at 0:21 then straight into reclaim-fed T1 bot production to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives, with an Advanced Metal Extractor around 9:45.

#rush · 2020 distinct matches · 232 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 2395 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and lab-first to get Bot Lab up by 0:20.
  2. Expand mex and wind while lab pumps units toward middle.
  3. Push Sentry and early Rocketeer, Centurion to contest middle.
  4. Get T2 constructor out once Pond's boost lets you spare metal.
  5. Upgrade mex to Advanced Metal Extractor as you transition off T1 spam.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 2020 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Bot Lab first

    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab done ~0:21, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (44%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer16 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: pawn (37%) · con turret (34%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. LazarusLazarus ×2
    2. Construction BotCon bot
    3. SentrySentry
    4. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    7. Mex
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. TickTick
    10. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    11. Mex
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    13. SentrySentry
    14. TickTick ×2
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. TickTick
    17. SentrySentry
    18. RocketeerRocketeer
    19. TickTick
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. SentrySentry
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Metal storage
    24. RocketeerRocketeer ×4
    25. SentrySentry
    26. RocketeerRocketeer
    27. SentrySentry
    28. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    29. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    30. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    31. SentrySentry
    32. RocketeerRocketeer
    33. Con turret
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine15Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer

    Some games also: pawn (49%) · Radar Tower (46%) · tick (45%) · centurion (44%) · energy storage (43%) · eat Bot Lab (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 21 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 166 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. SentrySentry
    3. MaceMace
    4. TickTick
    5. SentrySentry
    6. Wind
    7. TickTick
    8. RocketeerRocketeer
    9. Mex
    10. MaceMace ×2
    11. Wind
    12. Construction BotCon bot
    13. Wind ×4
    14. Construction BotCon bot
    15. Wind ×3
    16. Metal storage
    17. Wind ×2
    18. Con turret
    19. NettleNettle
    20. Wind ×2
    21. LazarusLazarus
    22. NettleNettle
    23. Wind ×2
    24. Con turret
    25. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    26. Wind ×2
    27. Energy storage
    28. LazarusLazarus
    29. Mex
    30. Wind
    31. PawnPawn
    32. Wind ×2
    33. PawnPawn
    34. Wind
    35. PawnPawn
    36. Wind ×2
    37. PawnPawn
    38. Wind ×2
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Wind
    43. CenturionCenturion
    44. Wind
    45. Energy storage
    46. CenturionCenturion
    47. Wind
    48. Mex
    49. Wind ×2
    50. SentrySentry
    51. CenturionCenturion
    52. Wind ×2
    53. SentrySentry
    54. LazarusLazarus
    55. Wind
    56. Converter
    57. Wind
    58. LazarusLazarus
    59. Wind ×2
    60. PawnPawn
    61. Converter
    62. Wind
    63. PawnPawn
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. PawnPawn
    67. Wind ×2
    68. Converter
    69. Wind ×2
    70. Converter
    71. Advanced Bot LabAdvanced Bot Labdone 9:37
    72. Wind
    73. Converter
    74. Wind ×4
    75. Converter
    76. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    77. Wind ×3
    78. Advanced Construction BotT2 con bot
    79. Wind ×2
    80. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:26 · typical 9:46
    81. Wind
    82. ButlerButler
    83. Wind
    84. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    85. ButlerButler
    86. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    87. Wind
    88. ButlerButler
    89. Wind ×2
    90. ButlerButler
    91. Wind
    92. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    93. Wind ×8
    94. ButlerButler
    95. Wind ×5
    96. ButlerButler
    97. Wind ×6
    98. SharpshooterSniper botdone 12:21
    99. SentrySentry
    100. Wind ×5
    101. SentrySentry
    102. Wind ×7
    103. SharpshooterSniper bot
    104. Wind ×16
    105. SmugglerJammer bot
    106. Wind ×5
    107. ArchangelArchangeldone 12:59
    108. Wind ×6
    109. SharpshooterSniper bot
    110. Wind
    111. SentrySentry
    112. Wind ×5
    113. SentrySentry
    114. Wind ×5
    115. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    116. Wind ×5
    117. ButlerButler
    118. Wind ×4
    119. ButlerButler
    120. Wind ×4
    121. SentrySentry
    122. Wind ×2
    123. ButlerButler
    124. Wind ×3
    125. CompassRadar bot
    126. Wind
    127. SentrySentry
    128. Wind ×9
    129. Converter
    130. Wind ×7
    131. Converter
    132. Wind ×5
    133. Converter
    134. ButlerButler
    135. Wind ×4
    136. ButlerButler
    137. Converter
    138. Wind ×3
    139. ButlerButler
    140. Wind ×2
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. WelderWelder
    144. Wind ×2
    145. SentrySentry
    146. Wind
    147. Converter
    148. Wind
    149. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    150. WelderWelder
    151. Wind ×3
    152. Converter
    153. Wind
    154. SentrySentry
    155. Wind
    156. WelderWelder
    157. Wind ×3
    158. Converter
    159. Wind ×2
    160. ButlerButler
    161. Wind ×2
    162. Converter
    163. Wind
    164. ButlerButler
    165. Wind ×3
    166. Converter

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Taeze's (34 OS, 12/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:41 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

2395 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0023000
2:0088600
3:002007184130
4:003108643501
5:0041841352998
6:00534921831707
7:00654430512590
8:00776039353502
9:00903546904383
10:001041253145163
11:001188958585965
12:001358364066686
13:001540468757453
14:001729875038214
15:001929281099007
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Suicide front play wins a bit over half its games while taking the heaviest own losses of any role by 15:00.

  • + Produces 20142 metal by 15:00, highest of the front roles.
  • + First kill by 2:01 in all games, fastest contest of middle.
  • − Own metal lost hits 9178 by 15:00, more than enemy metal destroyed.
  • − Only 34% Rocketeer share shows army spread thin across many bot types.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Taeze

34.1 OS · 12/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
453 metal received · 29101 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:21Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=2387
Advanced Metal Extractor9:46Middle 50%: 8:50–10:58 · n=1732

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